Mining policy, Venezuelan style (November 10, 2008)
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Dia Bras Exploration plans mill at Bolivar mine
A pilot mining program at the Bolivar mine in the Piedras Verdes district of Mexico’s Chihuahua state h…
Orezone beefs up Bombor resource
Orezone Resources (OZN-T, OZN-X) has nearly tripled gold resources at the Bomboré project in Burkina Faso to…
Nature of Diamonds lights up the ROM
In the depths of the Michael Lee- Chin Crystal’s lower levels, at the Royal Ontario Museum, a hushed group of media and diamond enthusiasts alike gathered for the opening of “The Nature of Diamonds” i…
U3O8 to focus on Aricheng South
Drill results from U3O8 Corp.’ s (UWE-V, UTREF-o) Aricheng South uranium zone, in Guyana, have confirmed the continuity of mineralized shoots in the host structure.
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (November 10, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 4, 2008 (change from Oct. 28 in brackets):
Metals Commentary: CPM Group sees commodities recovering in 2009
New York City-based CPM Group is looking beyond the crashing commodities market to a point where a sharp recovery could begin. The consultancy believes that the smoke hanging over the market will clea…
Sherwood drilling links high-grade areas at Kutcho
Vancouver — Drill results from Kutcho’s Main zone continue to return high-grade copper intercepts for Sherwood Copper (SWC-V, SWOPF-o).
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Market winds finally reversed direction during the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading week on the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index. The board posted five consecutive gains to close up 126.6 points at 935.6. Tr…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Mining stocks helped boost the S&P-TSX Composite Index over the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading period. The TSX rose nearly 14% or 1,284 points to 9,721, giving investors some hope that we’ve reached the b…
U. S. MARKETS – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Have markets seen the bottom yet? We won’t know for a while yet, but the upward bounce during the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading session certainly looks convincing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1,144…
Commentary: Asbestos mortality: a Canadian export
— The following is an edited version of an editorial that appeared in the Oct. 21, 2008, edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The footnotes have been removed, but are available in the…